Economic Growth

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WORKING PAPERS
The New Era of Unconditional Convergence
February 23, 2021
The central fact that has motivated the empirics of economic growth—namely unconditional divergence—is no longer true and has not been so for decades.
Blog Post
Is Africa Wasting the Pandemic-Induced Economic Crisis?
January 27, 2021
In many African countries, the economic response to the crisis so far appears to have been broadly less consistent than the health response. For mitigation measures to be stronger and more effective, and for sustained recovery to take place, governments, central banks, and regional institutions will...
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Six Takeaways from the New Growth Forecasts from the IMF and the World Bank
October 16, 2020
This week the IMF released new global economic growth projections in the face of COVID-19, updating their earlier projections from June and from April before that. In recent weeks, the World Bank has also released new projections for various regions. Here are six takeaways that we gleaned from revie...
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Paving the Way for Green Investment in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
September 09, 2020
As the world looks to recover from the economic crisis induced by COVID-19, there is an enormous opportunity to choose a “green” recovery—one that sets the stage for sustainable growth over the medium and long term.
WORKING PAPERS
The Emigration Life Cycle: How Development Shapes Emigration from Poor Countries
August 18, 2020
Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging economic development there. A large literature, however, observes that average emigration rates are higher in countries with sustained increases in GDP per capita than in either chronically poor countries or establis...
WORKING PAPERS
Migration from Developing Countries: Selection, Income Elasticity, and Simpson’s Paradox
August 18, 2020
How does immigration affect incomes in the countries migrants go to, and how do rising incomes shape emigration from the countries they leave? The answers depend on whether people who migrate have higher or lower productivity than people who do not migrate.
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Emigration Rises Along with Economic Development. Aid Agencies Should Face This, but Not Fear It
August 18, 2020
As people in poor countries get richer, they are more likely to emigrate—despite many governments' attempts to use development assistance to deter emigration. Read CGD's new work on the relationship between emigration and wealth.